Well, fall is definitely in the air, and though it may look to be a wet one, grab your umbrellas, and check out....

SATURDAY September 27 + 28 - find KarensMonsters taking a roadtrip up to Ithaca for the Apple Harvest Festival (monsters promise not to eat all the apples until after you get there...). Festivities will take place right in downtown Ithaca - see their site for more details, including festival hours.Also Saturday and Sunday is your friendly neighborhood Brooklyn Indie Market with different vendors filling the tent each week at Smith and Union in Carrol Gardens. This week you can find decoupaged jewelry - made right here in the County of Kings by WabisabiBrooklyn, hip new fall skirts and ponchos - or skirt/ponchos from Fofolle and playful ceramics by MayLuk - just to name some of our featured artists who will be there this weekend.

Also on SUNDAY is another ROADTRIP! This one to DC for the ever popular CraftyBastards! If you are down in DC - be sure to check out British Flashcards merch by CharlieandSarah and TheHandOfFatima will also be there with her eclectic jewelry line incorporating cameos, keys and other ephemera into romantic designs. Have fun you guys!

SUNDAY:Drop by our booth at the Brooklyn Flea for our last flea appearance for a little while by LittleTileGnome (get 'em while you can, this side of the Atlantic!) also with hand decorated tin albums and cards by WaiSze, abstract silkscreened totes and pillows form RedBridge, soy candles from

And mark your calendars for Saturday October 25 - when the Brooklyn Indie Market hosts a Steampunk day and fashion show! And if YOU like ME is wondering what Steampunk really is, check out some of the Threadbanger DIY projects that might be able to clarify it for you {1} and {2}.

Saturday, Aug 9: The Brooklyn Indie Market will be in full swing under their stripes tent on Smith Street from 11am to 7pm. Fofolle's feminine summer skirts and WabisabiBrooklyn's vintage inspired decoupage jewelry will be on display this weekend.

SUNDAY:Go out and support our very own KMStitchery atthe 7th Street Fashion Show at 84 East 7th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues in the east village. Her work will be in the block party fashion show, starts at 5pm.

Friday, July 25Tonight you can head on up to Chashama Gallery at 112 West 44th Street between 6th Ave and Broadway for new paintings by Miranda Hellman (who moonlights on Etsy as MiraArtz), opening from 6-9, new work in the Water Progression series.

Saturday July 26The Brooklyn Indie Market will be in full swing under their stripes tent on Smith Street from 11am to 7pm. Fofolle's feminine summer skirts and WabisabiBrooklyn's vintage inspired decoupage jewelry will be on display this weekend.

Also on Saturday Night from 7pm to 11pm, The McCaig-Welles & Rosenthal Gallery on Roebling between North 4th and 5th in Williamsburg is hosting a silkscreening party. With a donation of $5 for materials, you get an open bar and are able to silkscreen some supplied original artwork from their artists Dave Tree and Jasper Patch on to a shirt or other article of clothing you bring.

SATURDAY: The weekend starts with the Brooklyn Indie Market from 11 am to 7pm at Smith and Union Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Look for fun summer skirts and jacket reinventions by Fofolle and funky decoupage jewelry by WabisabiBrooklyn.

KarensMonsters will be at Artist's & Fleas in Williamsburg on both Saturday and Sunday again this weekend with monsters, tees, buttons, and cards.

SUNDAY: Drop by the Brooklyn Flea to see this week's vendor rotation. We're back by the fence and loving it. We'll having several clothing vendors including original designs for women by Vyphuisdesigns, silkscreened designs in women's apparel by BetterThanJam, and silkscreened shirts and dresses by Kimmchi. Rounding out the day will be handcrafted jewelry by Jantar as well as handmade soap by NordeaSoaperie and delicious jewelry by MetalSugar.

_______________In other Crafty News, Chantel of Junkprints.Etsy.com will be speaking at the American Craft Council on Thursday July 24 about the complicated relationships among the broad spectrum of crafters. Sounds very interesting. Anyone want to go? From 6 to 7 at 72 Spring Street, NYC.

On the Etsy Labs Class front - July 30th they will host an intro to origami on Sunday from 2-5pm - classes still in stock - 325 Gold Street on the 3rd Floor in Brooklyn, NY. And Monday Night Craft Night on Monday July 21 at the Labs will be iron on stencils on freezer paper to clothing. FREE workshop takes place from 4-8pm at the Etsy Labs.

Make workshop in Soho at XYZ will have the Intro to sewing on Monday July 21 from 12 to 2pm.

The Etsy labs over at 365 Gold Street in Brooklyn will host a Print Gocco class on Saturday June 21 which looks to be sold out, but it looks like you'll have a chance still to take their Plush Character workshop from 11.30am to 5.30pm, or their Extraordinary Embroidery class from 10am to 3.30pm. On Monday - drop by for free instruction on How To Make Paper at the open crafting Night from 4-8pm. Next Wednesday June 25 from 6pm to 9pm Etsy will be having a Bookbinding class - and though it seems sold out, might be worth it to try the waiting list.

Renegade hits town this weekend on June 14 and 15 at the McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg (L train to Bedford Avenue). We have a couple of vendors that will be keeping it real under their tents in the pool. Cakehouse will have her unique silkscreened housewares made from recycled vintage material into placemats, coasters and napkins. Metalsugar will be there with her fun line of jewelry from rubber chicken and necktie necklaces to cupcake signet rings - YUM! And BetterThanJam will also be there with her line of silkscreened dresses and skirts, as well as cowls, aprons and bags. For wooden bookmarks made from salvaged scrap, check out BeaconBookmarks.

Also on Sunday is the Annual Seventh Heaven Street Fair in Park Slope. They have added a special Hand made Arts & Crafts section and many of us will be there on Seventh Avenue between 11th and 13th streets. You can take the B/Q train to 7th Avenue or the F train to 7th avenue.

Check out the Brooklyn Indie Market with stylish skirts by Fofolle and vintage-inspired decoupage jewelry by wabisabi brooklyn at Smith and Union Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn from 11 to 7 on Saturday May 31. UPDATE:Brooklyn Indie Market is POSTPONED until Sunday June 1 this week due to impending hail storms.

Wow is it ever a busy weekend for the {NewNew}. You can find us scattered throughout Brooklyn Events this weekend.

Saturday is the second Brooklyn Homeshow sponsored by our very own Karin of Better Than Jam at 170 Tillary Street, suite 706 from 10am to 5pm. Go and check out a wide variety of items from handmade monsters, silkscreened shirts and totes, handmade jewelry, clocks, artwork, soap, ceramics and greeting cards and invitations.

While you're down there, stop by for the second weekend of the Brooklyn Indie Market with stylish skirts by Fofolle at Smith and Union Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn from 11 to 7.

In Manhattan, you can stop by the Village Crafts and Small Artwork Fair at Barrow St & Commerce St to see handmade jewelry by WabisabiBrooklyn and accessories by Beadscarf.

This Saturday continues the Brooklyn Indie Market at Smith and Union Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. I went last week and it was a great fun atmosphere with music and a variety of vendors, it was great! You can catch Fofolle and WabisabiBrooklyn there from 11 am to 7pm, for directions please visit their website

This Saturday marks the inauguration of the Brooklyn Indie Market for this season at Smith and Union Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn with a unique Indie Fest with musicians, temporary tattoos for the kids, face paintings, kids crafts workshops by Stars and Sprinkles. Come out to see the wares of Fofolle and wabisabi brooklyn 11 am to 7pm, for directions please visit their website

We've got a busy Brooklyn weekend ahead of us! On Sunday April 27, BUST Magazine is hosting it's first Spring Fling Craftacular at the The Warsaw in Williamsburg (though it's really Greenpoint) at 261 Driggs Avenue. Come out to see Kimm of KimmChi and Josh of Dripstick who will be selling their items as well as other items by team member shops BeadScarf, JTStitches, MiraArtz, and MTLopez9. We'll have some etsy freebies, lip balm buttons and Lab Schedules

Also on Sunday, our team will be holding down the fort at the Brooklyn Flea this Sunday from 10am to 5pm at 176 Lafayette Ave in Fort Greene Brooklyn